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Divestment Halt

India’s approach to managing its state-owned enterprises has taken a notable turn. For years, the government’s strategy was characterised by aggressive privatisation, aiming to offload large segments of its more than Rs 50 lakh crore state sector.

Disinvestment Ahoy

Instead of selling PSUs during Covid times when their full value may not be realised, the Government could have gone in for cutting wasteful expenditure. For example, Centrally Sponsored Schemes and Central Sector Schemes that account for Rs. 14.32 lakh crore of annual expenditure, urgently call for review, with closure or modification of badly performing schemes